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Definition of Setting
Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the city of New York, or it can be an imagined... read full definition
Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the city of New York, or... read full definition
Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the... read full definition
Setting
Explanation and Analysis:
“The Lottery” is set in an unnamed rural community in a dystopian version of the United States in the mid-20th century. The story includes classic descriptions of small-town America, such as the fact that there is a town square between a post office and a bank and that “the villagers” (as the people in the community are referred to) enjoy engaging in square dances and Halloween festivities. Of course, the town is not as quaint and peaceful as it seems, as Jackson reveals at the end of the story when all the villagers take part in the annual “lottery” tradition and stone a randomly selected person to death.
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